Has
beaten a host of Hollywood stars to land the coveted
lead in the I DREAM OF JEANNIE movie. (August 25, 2005)
Confessed recently she wanted to remain virgin until the
legal age, 18. (July 18, 2005)
Credits her blonde hair with attracting new boyfriend
Cash Warren, because it gives her a softer, more
approachable image. (July 18, 2005)
Says
she doesn’t want to date actors. (July 18, 2005)
Says
she is embarrassed about her performances in her early
movies PARANOID and SLEEPING DICTIONARY and wishes she
had stood up more to film-makers. (July 12, 2005)
Has
slammed critics of FANTASTIC FOUR, for filling internet
message boards and fansites with racist complaints about
her casting. She dyed her hair blonde for her part as
Sue Storm, because the superhero is a fair, white-skinned
siren in the original comic book stories. But Alba is
horrified the movie fans are still upset about her
Latina features, despite her acting skills. (July 12,
2005)
Refuses to strip off on screen, as she wants to be
praised for her acting prowess instead of her body. (July
12, 2005)
Offers her acting talents for free to raise money for
AIDS charity Amfar as she’s wiling to star unpaid in one
of producer Bob Weinstein's movies, if he agreed to bid
$100,000 for tennis lessons with sports stars Monica
Seles and Boris Becker. Weinstein agreed. (May 25, 2005)
Is
among Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in 2005.
Didn't bare all ast a stripper in SIN CITY (2005)
because she didn't want to answer his father.
Was
so terrified about stripping off for revealing scenes in
new comic book adaptation Sin City she got drunk and
visited strip clubs to prepare.
Mark
Wahlberg and Jessica Alba spent a wild New Year's Eve
together in Miami, Florida. (January 7, 2004)
Is a
big fan of FLASHDANCE (1983)
She
was #1 on Maxim's Hot 100 Babe List. (2001)
Her
mother has a French-Danish heritage, while her father
descends from Mexican-Indian and Spanish lineage.